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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, i917.

Patented Mar. 19, 19l&

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed liebrilarsr 23, 1917. Serial No. 150,597.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that l, PAUL MAKRAY, a subject ofthe Emperor of Austria-Hungary, who have declared my intention ofbecoming a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city ofChicago, county7 of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in rToys, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in toys, and more especially to toybowling alleys, the object of the invention being to provide a simpleand efficient toy of this character which may be readily folded intocompact form.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and 1n which,

lFigure 1 is a top plan view of a toy embodying my invention,

Fig. 2, a longitudinal section of the same,

Fig. 3, a ottom plan view 'of the same with portions broken away for thesake of clearness,

Fig. 4, a longitudinal section taken through a toy gun or projectoremployed in the construction,

Fig. 5, an end view of said projector, and

Fig. 6a view of the toy folded into compact form.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingscomprises a game board made up of two sections 7 and 8 hingedlyconnected together by means of hinges 9 on the bottom thereof so as tofold downwardly. The board sections 7 and 8 are provided with sideboards 10 constituting a miniature bowling alley, and suitablesupporting legs are arranged at the front and rear thereof.

A set of miniature 'bowling pins 12 are arranged at the rear of the gameboard and are connected at theirbottoms with branch cords 13 extendingthrough perforations in the in spots l,and connected with an operatingcord 1li/extending to the front of the toy where it is connected with anoperating lever 15. A casing 16 incloses the branch cords 13 to protectthe same.

A toy gun or projector 17 is arranged at the front end of the board,said projector being equipped with a spring held plunger 18 operable bymeans of a setting lever 19 and controlled by a trigger 20 adapted to fengage a notch 21 therein. A ball receptacle or hopper 22 is positionedon the projector 17 and is adapted to contain a plurallty of balls 23automatically fed by gravity, one at a time, into the projector 17 uponreciprocation of the plunger `18, as will be readily understood. Acotter pin 24 is passed through the muzzle end of the projector 17 andis attached thereto by means of a cord 25, said pin serving to retainthe balls in the projector when desired.

The projector is mounted on the board portion 7 by means of a hinge 26,one leaf of said'hinge being secured to the bottom of said projector andthe other leaf 27 of said hinge being pivoted by means of a screw 28 tothe board 7, the arrangement being such that the projector 17 may beoscillated laterally to project the balls to any desired portion of therear end of the bowling alley and may be readily folded fiat when not inuse. A segmental rest 29 is provided for the muzzle end of the projector17.

By this arrangement an ordinary game of ten pins may be played on theboard and the pins 12 readily reset when desired. Also the oard may bereadily folded into compact form for shipment or otherwise, .asindicated in Fig. 6.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into eii'ect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but

desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as comewithin the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention whatv I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A game board and a projector therefor, said projector being hingedlymounted on said board to fold thereagainst and pivoted to oscillatelaterally with respect to said board, substantially as described.

2'. A game board; a hinge member having one leaf pivoted to said boardto oscillate therein; and a projector secured to the other leaf of saidhinge member to fold against said board, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a foldable game boardconsisting of two ioo parts hinged together centrally to fold down- Intestimony whereof I have signed my Wardly; side boards on said gameboard; name to this specification in the presence of l0 supporting legsat each end of said board; a two subscribing Witnesses.v

hinge member having one leaf pivoted to said board to osoillate therein;and a pro- PAUL MAKRAY jeotor secured to the other leaf of said hlngeWitnesses: member to fold against said board,substan JOSHUA R. H.Po'rrs,

tially as describe HELEN F. LILLEs.

